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  "id": 8409750,
  "title": "DUSU Election 2026: ABVP’s Yash Dabas, Riya Lead President, Secretary Races; Independents Ahead In Vice-President, Joint Secretary Posts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dusu-election-2026-abvps-yash-dabas-riya-lead-president-secretary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T07:01:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/dusu-election-2026-abvps-yash-dabas-riya-lead-president-secretary-races-independents-ahead-in-vice-president-joint-secretary-posts"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The first round of counting for the Democratic University Students' Union (DUSU) elections concluded on Saturday, with ABVP's Yash Dabas leading the President post and independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen ahead in the Vice-President race. Riya Chhawdi of ABVP was leading in the Secretary post, while Vishesh Yadav of SCS was ahead in the Joint Secretary contest. The total voter turnout for the DUSU elections was 40.46%, the highest in the past three years, indicating a high level of engagement among students.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: ABVP candidates Yash Dabas and Riya were leading in the President and Secretary posts, respectively, while independent candidates Deepanshu Shokeen and Vishesh Yadav were ahead in the Vice-President and Joint a Secretary posts after the first round of counting for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday. SECRETARY Riya Chhawdi (ABVP) — 7,584 — LEADING Namrata…",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "DUSU Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Counting Of Votes To Begin At 8am",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dusu-election-results-2026-live-updates-counting-of-votes-to-begin-at",
        "published": "2026-09-19T01:10:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "DUSU election results 2026 LIVE: Who is winning?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dusu-election-results-2026-live-who-is-winning",
        "published": "2026-09-19T01:49:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "DUSU 2026 election results LIVE: Counting of votes for 4 key posts today; ABVP, NSUI battle intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dusu-2026-election-results-live-counting-of-votes-for-4-key-posts",
        "published": "2026-09-19T02:05:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "DUSU Election 2026 Sees 40.46% Turnout As ABVP, NSUI Battle For Top Posts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dusu-election-2026-sees-40-46-turnout-as-abvp-nsui-battle-for-top",
        "published": "2026-09-19T04:38:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "DUSU Election Result 2026 LIVE Updates: Counting of votes underway; ABVP ahead in 2 posts after 1st round",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dusu-election-result-2026-live-updates-counting-of-votes-underway",
        "published": "2026-09-19T05:06:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}